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Ozy Media CEO takes stand in Brooklyn fraud trial
Courthouse News Service· 4 days agoOzy Media founder Carlos Watson took the witness stand Monday, denying prosecutors’ accusations he repeatedly misrepresented the now-shuttered digital...
The Republicans who want to be Trump’s VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences
Toronto Star· 5 days agoIt’s not unheard of for a running mate to move beyond past disagreements with a presidential...
Inflation is forcing Americans to be less generous these days
MPR News· 7 days agoRobert Lang, a longtime cabinetmaker in Cincinnati, used to feel good about giving money to less-fortunate people. "I'm no great humanitarian," says Lang. Rising prices, which have forced Lang ...
The U.S. is eliminated from Copa America, increasing the pressure to fire its coach
MPR News· 4 days agoThe United States was eliminated from the Copa America with a 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Mathías Olivera's questionable second-half goal Monday night, a defeat sure to increase pressure on the U.S ...
A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
MPR News· 6 days agoIn an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books. Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco's Castro District, one of ...
Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984?
MPR News· 7 days agoAfter President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection. Presidents ...
A new federal rule could offer protection from extreme heat to millions of workers
MPR News· 3 days agoThe U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would require employers to develop injury and illness prevention plans in order to better protect workers from heat-related injuries ...
In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
MPR News· 3 days agoTransgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state had such a law. The Supreme Court has ...
Rapamycin may slow aging. Here's one way the drug will be tested
MPR News· 5 days agoA few years back, Matt Kaeberlein was diagnosed with a frozen shoulder. Feeling frustrated, he decided to try rapamycin. In recent years, some high-profile longevity scientists have started ...
Republicans are turning Biden’s voter registration order into a partisan flash point
MPR News· 6 days agoIn these final months before this fall’s election, Republican officials are ramping up attacks on a three-year-old executive order President Biden issued to try to get more eligible voters signed ...